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The Somerset reporter., 1887-05-11
SEWING MACHINES,
STEAM DYE HOUSE,!

Aud Fancy Dyeing establishing mt Water street
Augusta, Me Established 1861
f. BARBER Il co
Awarded first prcmiumat Maine State Fair 1870
This well knowE establishment is conducted by
nrst-Class French Dyer.
Any kinds Of dress goods in the piece or infgarm
ent dyed cleanscd and rcfinished Gents gar
ments dyed ,cleanscd, repaired ana pressed, read
to wear. Carpets and Lace Curtains cleai Ell
Send Tor circular and price list. Velvet trimming.
81 sleigh dyed and restored to heir print i've colaf
withoptrippIg. State Agency Tor the New En-
gland Grape and Lace kerinishmg Co. Old Crsff
Laces, Herrani and Grenadines, however -oiisd
III faded, rehnisncd warranted eqnal 10 new
New Grape greatly improved
n. Is. WhIe laces handsomely clfar ed 40 Low
est prices. Steam Feather Bed ReuuyatinF
Feather Beds, Pillows and Curlcd Hair ccau-edby
steam.
Misses KING & WARD. Agents
ly2l Skowhegan, Me
The Somerset reporter., 1887-05-11
Paying Taxes for the Whole Town.

wealthy R,>f,if .,r,tilrnan bal {lioX-
.I ann ar t,,,n onl In,.,i,.l i'm u MN. viii
la,,. ,'.,..,,,,,,it, o-l,,.,. th. ,,a,. If M,
h,l oI,,ay, been rather nrimitiyr. ana The
|rynrn,lifnrrs small one DIV I'm. asses.
.nr. If tbr tn,,n rapr T., him ratb,r
f.n,rrnlIy Tbry did nj want tn tax him
nnt If ti. town and VET thy nronose1
"a h.,. him h.1r hi, ,barr of tho taxa.
ZION III Gentlemen" S,i1 he mfr
! thrv he'd tiniIIy no,nnr,I him a mi. ~ Ia
I'm. ,n,,pnt Of Iis nr5prrty what i, the
nm,u + of none, ,1n have Ia raise here
IA, tav,ti,ns' ..sri,,.Iye. thou.ud dollars
The Somerset reporter., 1887-05-11

tB> Note this Fact. - DIR. II. C. Flowers
Scientific Liver and stomach Sanative is
saving thousands of families enormous doctors
bills 1t IL the king of system tonics specific
for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and Malnutrition and
has no peer as n Liver 1nvigoratOr.
Only one dollar bottle. For sale 10y all
druggists.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-05-11
Give
This Away !

old Country Doctor. - Isaac my man, how is It
you are SO hale and hearty while every one else,
excepting myself seems to be ang?
Isaac tchueklng and rubbing his hands, - Mine
frent, shoost got onto your sccredt, and l have
no ust for doctor vonce since; but wont give 1t
away, don'd turn so vite as a winter schnow-
flake.
country Doctor with start. - What do you
mean, sir?
Isaac. = Oh, mine frient, when buys yer oldt
close, your good wife, she tells me to come into
yer room vile she gets the close ready and vat
do you tink see init mine eyes by your bed, der
very thing that made you shoost veil and hearty,
vile all der rest poor sinners shaking like
dundcr and blexins init chills and fever, or down
nit dyspepsia and weakness. Yes, my frent, |
saw nit mine own eyes n bottle, vat was half gone,
of DR. X. c Flowers Liver and Stomach Sanatiye,
and shost vent oud und got Won same kind of
bottle, and right away veil and hearty.
country Doctor Oh, got that bottle just to
try
Isaac. - Yes, mine frient, that all rite; but
before You got that bottle, You vas as yellow as
pumpkin, ven it is ready for der cows to eat. And
Mr.. Jones, the drug man, he dells me, after you
hay got shooost that Won bottle to try, you have
bought six more bottles. Bnt Won't give it away
for my brother Solomon is an undertaken, You
know
The Somerset reporter., 1887-05-11
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az Price reduced to $I.so per year, in advance:
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as-4o cents for Threee Months
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02
Letting Sheep on Shares.

Letting out sheep on shares is one
phase of an important industry that
is rarely discussed in stock journals,
and which has not received nearly as
much attention as it deserves, writes
western farmer, and he adds: TAX
ing it for granted that the business is
Legitimate, here is common method
of letting sheep in Michigan at pres
ent. The old method was for each of
the contracting parties to have half
of the receipts, i. e., half the wool and
half the lambs. Some took sheep to
return double the number in three
years. The objection to the former
method is that all the profit goes TO
the man who lets the sheep; the lat.
ter method is Objectionable because,
in order to return the proper number,
the farmer is obliged to do with fewer
sheep than he can handily keep, or
have more on hand the third year
than he ought. By allowing the man
who takes the sheep to keep two
thirds of the wool and two-thirds of
the lambs, both of the above objec-
tions are avoided. These are the
terms upon which l have let sheep
for several years. agree to furnish
ewes that are satisfactory and q ram
of any kind or quality. l require in
return that the number of sheep be
kept good, which insures constant
and careful attention. When loss
occurs-and it often does in the best
of focks under the best of circum-
stances-if the fockmaster has done
his duty | settle at his own terms.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02
NO. 1
Reads Like a Novel.

About 20 years ago there came to
! this country from Ireland an indus
tyious, honest fellow named Shea,
who, shortly after his arrival, found
work rs farm hand on a plantation
ia West Virginia, and for several
years worked faithfully, which led to
his appointment as manager of the
estate at the death of his employer.
This brought him in close business
relations with the widow, whom, in
short time, be married, and as
result of the union the couple wero
blessed with a daughter, who. for
reasons as yet unknown, was placed
in convent at St. Louis. In short
time thereafter, a Mrs. Mitchell,
bound for New Castle, while passing
through st. Louis visited the con.
vent and was SO taken with the child
that she adopted it,
After the lapse of years the child's
true parents, who were independent
ly rich, became desirous of again pos
sessing their offspring, and started to
trace its Whereabouts, but the con-
vent authorities had lost track of the
child aud had it registered as dead
The grave was properly marked and
it was pointed out to the parents
The mother fell PROSTATE upon the
little mound, but the father had q
conviction that his child still lived,
He made several journeys to st.
Louis, all of which proved fruitless,
and be died without ever seeing his
child. Previous to his death, the
family removed to Sharpsburg, AL
legheny county. and few days ago,
MISS Julia Mitchell-by which name
the girl was known-heard of them
through a mutual friend to whom
she had con6ded her childish recollec-
tions, and who had heard Mrs Shea's
story, and was struck by the similari-
ty of the tales, and persuaded Miss
Mitchell to accompany her to Sharps-
burg.
The interview seems to have estab-
lished, beyond doubt, that Miss
Mitchell is no other than Julia Shea,
who, a week ago, as Julia Mitchell,
depended upon the needle and ma
chine for a livelihood, and to-day is
an heiress to $4,000, which amount
was left her by her father in his
will
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02
No Late Hours in Vienna.

There is popularity which Vienna
shares in common with all the Aus.
trian towns. At 10 o'clock the
streets are deserted. Scarcely will
you meet one solitary soul. A law
authorizes the PORTER, or concierge,
to lew tax of ten kreutzers (about
four cents). called the spergeld, on
any person leaving or entering the
house after that hour. This spergeld
gives rise to some curious fashion
Thus the theatre and opera beg
early, and the performance is tim
to end at 9:45. If it lasts longe
nearly the whole audience rises and
hastens away, to be home in time to
save the spergeld. Cafes are emptied
at that hour, the trains are crowded
as the last moment of grace arrives,
and even the rubbers OF whist at the
clubs are interrupted. 1t grows into
such force of habit, and is such On
excepted fact, that, except under ex'
ceptional circumstances, you do not
think of incurring the debt.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02
A Man Fined For reverence
Unable to Kneel on Both
Knees, and Sues the Roman
Catholic Church.

OTTAWA, CAN, Nov, 23.-One oi
the most extraordinary cases that has
ever come up before the Supreme
Court of the Dominion was recently
argued here, and it is likely to be car.
ried to the Imperial Privy Council of
Great Britain, the highest tribunal in
the realm. before it is finally dispos.
ed Of
1t involves the question of right of
the Roman Catholic church to exact
or collect hnes from memb bers of the
congregation who have failed to con-
form to the rules of the church
The case at issue is that Of Poitras
against Lebeau The suit grew out
of the refusal of the appellant TO kneel
on both knees during high mass in
the Church of st Anne du Bout de
1'Isle, near Montreal The action
for $4,000 was bought against the re.
spondent for having iustigated pro-
ceeding charging the appellant with
having committed in said church au
irreverent act. for which be (the ap-
pellantl had to pay the sum of S. 30
penalty. The case was tried by q
jury and verdict was rendered in
favor af the respondent. This ver-
diet was moyed against before the
court of review, when a new trial was
granted on the ground that the evil
dence was contradictory and that the
plaintiff had suffered damage. The
court of appeal reversed this judg-
ment and confirmed the verdict. APP
peal was then made to the Supreme
Court here.
IN laying his case before the six
Judges of the Supreme Court, Poitras
stated thas on Sunday, August 8,
1885, he was rowed across the river
to ST. Anne TO church, being too weak
after recent illness to drive, Find
ing no vacant seat when he entered
the church he remained near the door
and when kEeeling time came at
tempted to fall on both knees, but on
account of the pain which the effort
caused him could only kneel on one
kaee. The respondent, who was con-
stable of the church, ordered him to
kneel to which Poitras replied the.t
he was too ill. After service the re-
spondent called him blackguard and
said he would fix him. During the
afternoon of the same day Poitras
was arrested on a warrant charging
him with having committed in the
church Of st. Anne an act of irrever-
ence in kneeling on one knee only, the
other being slightly bent At the So
licitation of his friends, to avoid scan.
dal. he paid the amount demanded,
So 20 under protest.
In his defence the respondent ar
CUES that bylaw which is explain
ed from the pulpit every year insists
on the church ordering people to
kneel on both knees, and notifying
sick persons to attend mass in the sa-
cristy. The case is being made test
of the right of the church to exact the
penalty imposed. and there is no lack
of money on both sides to carry it to
the highest tribunal. The judges of
the Supreme Court. two of whom are
Roman Catholics and four Protest
ants, have reserved judgment, which
is awaited with great interest.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02
Always a Gentleman.

A young fellow of my acquaint-
ance tells me that friend of his al
ways practices, however trying the
circumstances or whatever his physi-
cal condition, that unsel6sh civility
which distinguishes the true gentle
man. And he related the following
incident: Last September we took
a canoe trip together, and on going
down some rapids we were upset and
found ourselves floating about in q
sort of bay where the river widened,
As the weather was cold, we were
pretty thickly dressed, and our boots
were heavy, so that the situation was
rather precarious. We were strug-
Cling towards shore, and he had his
paddle but L had lost mine. Seeing
that / was in difficulties, although he
was just as badly off himself, he said:
"Take my paddle, old fellow, | don't
want it; do oblige me-" NJ believe /
should haye laughed, if 1 had not
been afraid of drowning, at the con-
trast between his statement that he
was all right and the gasping voice
in which it was spoken. However
we got ashore safely.-Boston Post.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02
The Smiling Landlord.
"BoB" BURDETTE.

How you do get into hotels and
hotels and hotels! Some people even
get into the landlords, but | never
had that luck There was one hotel
that we struck last winter, down in
New Hampshire the Smiler House.
| don't remember the real name of it
but we always speak of it as the
Smiler House. Of all the pleasant
lands that ever welcomed coming or
reluctantly relinquished his grip on
parting guest, niue host of the Smiler
House was the pleasantest. His face
wrinkled from chin to brow as he
helped Us from the stage; he beamed
over the party as we registered; he
lighted our way to our rooms with
smiles; he shook hands every five
minutes; he welcomed US again, ex-
pressed his joy at seeing US, the great
honor be felt it to bs to entertain US,
and besought US to consider the house
and all that was in it our own; and so
he disappeared in a beaming lace
work of smiles, like great, good-na-
tured humble bee diving into a tsngle
of morning -glories. We fell in love
with him at once; we couldn't help it.
/ am rained to be obliged to say
that the ardor of our love abated,
when after smiling US into the dining
room and tenderly committing US to
the care of much-banged young
lady, he left US to realize that "ab-
sence makes the heart grow fonder"of
something to eat. Hope faded when
the bread came on. No love could
stand the alligator steak laid out for
love to fatten. Our hearts grew
colder than an Alpine river when the
despairing buckwheat cake, frozen to
death on it's journey from the distant
kitchen, where it had been fighting
tarvation. laid down before US and
died But oh, that beefsteak! l am
not a man at all given to the pleasure
of the table. 1t isn't often that |
know what | am eating, and | hste
banquets. The long tables lined with
gorging men, always make me think
of the feeding troughs in the stock
yards,
But that steak at the Smiler Housel
You could taste the horn that had
been cut off with it, and while l am
no epicure, l do know that good,
juicy porterhouse steak is not cut
from between the horns. We stayed
at the Smiler House two days. We
did not starve, because the Prince
had pair of rubber boots that be
had outgrown. We ate them, and
that night got piece of cheese out
of a rat-trap in the hall, upon which
| feasted alone, the other members of
the family being prejudiced When
we tottered out to the stage Mr.
Smiler smiled US down the mountain
side in a perfect CLEAN of rosy spen-
dor
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02
"A locomotive smokes and chu.

"A locomotive smokes and chu-
chus.
"A man of CRATE schemes-the
coal dealer.
-"Green goods" are sold only to
people of the same color.
1t is suspected that James G..
Blaine is lingering in Paris waiting
ior crack at the French Presidency
The cheerful idiot who sees any
fun in bogus bomb should be wait
ed on by the Fool Killer.
The Government of New South
Wales offers a reward of $3.50 to
the American who shall invest a pro.
cess to exterminate the rabbits, which
have become pests in Australia.
The A merican inventor who wins this
reward will then direct his attention
to the English sparrows.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02
Not the SmarleSt Folks.

You may notch it on the palms
You may mark it on de wall.
Dat de higher up the tosdirog jumps
De haIder will he fall.
And dc crow dat fly de swiites'
Am de soonest in de corn,
And de fly dat ara de meanes'
Gets up earliest in de morn.
lie brook DAT am de shallo'es'
Chatters most upon de way,
And de folks Cat avn De siilies,
hre de ones hab mes to say.
And de rooster dat am younSes'
Am de onc tat crow De mos
And de man who am de coward
Always make de bigges' bass'
Nor am he de creates man
Who totes de bigses' muscle;
Nor am she de fines gal,
Who war de bigges' hustle,
You kin not jedge de kim ob man
By de manner ob his walkln'
And dey are not de sn2artea' folks
Who do de lcu6es' talkin'.
By Uc'e IKE.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02

If DR.. Parker had waited until
after Thanksgiving Day to be zap
palled, amazed, oppressed" he would
have made himself better under
stood.
Jake Pettiohn, of Atlanta, Ga,,
who was sentenced to be hung 80
years ago for killing Clayton Vaught,
but escaped by flight. has just been
arrested in Indian territory, and will
be brought back for execution.
--Courtships average three toas OF
coal each, and scores of bad coughs
and colds;but then every prudent gal
liant is provined with a bottle Of Dr..
Bulbs Cough Syrup, which costs
only 25 cents.
All our city father say: "use Sal
vation Oil, the gresiest cure on earth
for pain." Price 25 cents.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02

"Oh, l am satisfied" exclaimed
Genin, with his usual hearty laugh
And well he might be, for it made
his fortune and identified him with
the history Of musical enterprise,
the unparalleled receipts of which were
seven hundred and twelve thousand
one hundred and sixty.one dollars
and thirty -four cents, for ninety five
concerts given in period Of eight
months.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02
-Sullivan's first pound party in
England has not yet occurred.

In the Volpauk language the
word dollar is "doad." But it will be
just as hard as ever to borrow one.
The London Times treated
Snowman Barnum editorially the
other dey. AS P. 7. is a temper
ance man, this is the only kind of q
treat he takes
james S.'Winter, Attorney Gen
eral of Newfoundland, has been ap-
pointed representative of the colony
in the Fisheries Commission which
is to meet in Washington. =
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02

You chokin' my fingers" CON-
planned little Pittsburgh to to its
mother, who was holding its hand too
tightly.
A recent Investigation into the
price of W heat shows that the Amer
lean farmer has superior advantages
for competition in the wheat markets
of the world Charges from Chicago
to Liverpool have been reduced with
in seventeen years 80 cents per sixty
pounds, while the freight rates from
India to Liverpool have not decreas.
ed in that proportion. If at all.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02
. The Eternal Hope.

No iron so hard, but rust will fret it;
No perch so high, but climbing will get 1t;
Nothing so lost, but seeking will find 1T;
No night so dark, but there's daylight be-
hind it,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02
Sympathy.

o little fe . that such long years
Must wander on through hopes and fears,
Must ache ard bleed beneath your load
|, nearer to the waysiie inn
Where toll shall eesse and rest begiu,
Am weary, thinking of your road
-Loaqteliolc.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-02
HOW TO BUY AND WHAT TO BUY.
WHAT EXPERIENCE TEACHES is BEST.

=, There is something to consider in the daily
expenses for the household necessities, which
in the aggregate of the year amount to a good
deal. The ethics of buying and selling seem
to be for the vendor TO get al he can, and for
/ the purchaser TO see that he don't get too
much. But what is too much? 1t is almost
profound question, and presents the strange
paradox that the dearest in many things IS
often the cheapest. Certainly this is so in
food where health is involved, and in rene
dies which restore health after it has been
impaired. 1t is certainly SO in clothing; for
a cheap suit that will hardly last one season is
dearer than the one which will last two sea-
sons, the difference in price being reasonable.
So in Shoes and the ike. Recurring TO the
items of food and health, undoubtedly the
{ most important IL is fOIssd that villainou5
adulteration Is what renders it cheaper, in
much that is sold, and men are known who
I have spent thousands to be cured of disease
have suffered years of agony, and have trifled
away their substance on worthless remedies.
That which is testified to by thousands as be-
! ing an absolute cure, and permanently effica-
cious, is cheap at any. price in comparison
with such as have no virtue, and which pro
long suffering. A case in point is the follow
ing: New Bloomfield, Pa, April 26 1886.
The Charles A. Vogeler Co., Baltimore Md.
Gentlemen For more than thirty gears
had been afflicted with rheumatism so severe
Spent hundreds of dollars with physicians
and for remedies without benefit Five years
ago | tried st. Jacobs Oil. and il effected an
entire and permanent cure. | have not been
troubled with it since. Cold or damp weather
does not affect me at all. l desire to give it my
unqualified Endorsement. J. E. Bonsall, clerk
n of the several courts of Perry
w, county, Pa" The point here
w is not so much what Mr..
wv Bonsall paid for the great
w ! remedy for pain, for the
R price is a mere bagatelle,
"a but that he was cured
"A permanently after thirty
W. years suffering. Ofcourse
~ +. the poor must count cost
NI) in everything; but they
should reckon ON the
sound basis that that
N which is bad is worthless,
and that which is the best
and will cure, and stay
TH cured, is cheap at any
EI( N price.
rQC C,Ax y
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-15
ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE to amend article Tx of the Sa-
vannah City Code, adopted Feb. 16, 1870, so as
to require all occupants of houses, merchants,
shopkeepers, grocers and tradesmen occupying
premises to which no yards are attached to
keep within their premises box or barrel OF
sufficient size, in which shall be deposited all
offal, filth, rubbish, dirt and other matter gen
Grated Ia said prenlises, or to put such box or
barrel in the streets or lanes under conditions
prescribed herein.
SECTION l. BE It ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen OF the city of Savannah In Council
assembled and II Is hereby ordained by the
authority Of the same, That section Q Of said
article be amended so as to read as follows: The
owners, tenants or occupiers of houses having
yards or enclosures, and all occupants OF houses,
all merchants shopkeepers, grocers and trades
men occupying premises TO which no yards are
attached shall keep within their yards or
premises a box or barrel of sufficient size, In
which shall be deposited all the offal, filth, rub
bsh, dirt and other matter generated in said
building and enclosure, and the said filth of every
description as aforesaid shall be placed in said
box or barrel from the first day OF April to the
first day of November, before the hour of
O'Clock a. m. anu from the first day of November
unclusive) 10 the last day OF March Qnclusivel
before the hour OF o clock .. M, and such mat
ter so placed shall be daily removed Sundays
such places two miles at least
without the city as shall be designated by the
Mayor or majority of the Street and Lana
Committee. And 1t shall be unlawful for any
occupant Of a house, merchant, shopkeeper,
grocer or tradesman TO sweep into or TO deposit
In any street or lane Of this city any paper,
trash, or rubbish Of any kind whatsoever, but
the same shall be kept In boxes or barrels as
herenbefore provided, for removal by the scav-
enger Of the city. Any person not having yard
may put the box or barrel containing the offal,
rubbish etc, In the street or lane for removal
by the scavengar provided the box or barrel SO
put In the street or lane shall be of such char
acter and size as to securely keep the offal, rub
bish, etc, from getting into the street or lane.
And any person other than the owner or scaven-
ger interfering with or troubling the box or bar
rel so put In the street or lane shall be punished
on conviction thereof in the police court by fine
not exceeding 800 or Imprisonment not exceed
ing thirty days, either or both In the discretion
of officer presiding in said court.
Ordinance passed In Council June list, 1887.
RUFUS r. LESTER, Mayor
Attest: FRANK e. REBARER, Clerk of Council